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Saturday, January 03, 2015

Duck Stuff: Morning Mud

After the first day of the first College Football Playoff, the Buckeyes and Ducks were better than everybody else.The best news: We're finally getting to settle the debate on the field. Ten days from now, we'll know which team is the best.

■ Ted Miller nails it, as he usually does, when talking about perceptions.

"Did a team ever dictate a big game more than the Ducks did to the Seminoles, particularly in the second half, when FSU was supposed to take control? While Winston pulled out the "we beat ourselves" line afterward, he apparently failed to pay enough attention to Ducks' game film. Rendering teams into bloody hamburger during a sudden transformative frenzy is what Oregon does. The Ducks were not gifted those five turnovers from the Seminoles. They took them."